Porthgwarra (Cornish: Porth Gorwedhow, meaning very wooded cove) is a small coastal village in the civil parish of St Levan, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom situated between Land's End and Porthcurno.

Swimming in the cove is quite safe, provided swimmers do not go beyond the headland where there are dangerous, strong sea currents.

At the foot of the cove's slipway is a tunnel dug by tin miners from St Just to give farmers horse-and-cart access to the beach to collect seaweed to use as a fertiliser.

A second tunnel, leading seawards, is the fishermen's access to the tidal 'hulleys' built in the rocks to store shellfish.

], had wooden floors and topcovers with trapdoors and were used to store shellfish prior to taking the catch to market once or twice a week.